PRESS RELEASE
Bellows Falls Police Department
170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT
802-463-1234
Tips Line: 802-463-2373
OFFICER(S): Sgt. Mayer, Sgt. Tuttle
Sgt. Landry, Corporal Healy, Officer Howard (W.P.D.)
DATE/TIME: 09-07-2024 @ approximately 4:16 p.m.
LOCATION (specific): Hapgood Street – Bellows Falls, Vermont
VIOLATION: Assault on Law Enforcement Officer
Disorderly Conduct
Unlawful Trespass
Unlawful Mischief
ACCUSED: Dylan Gingues; Age: 37
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Lowell and Bellows Falls, Vermont
09-07-2024 @ approximately 4:16 p.m. The Bellows Falls Police Department received several phone calls concerning a male laying in the roadway on Atkinson Street while yelling and swearing at passing vehicles and pedestrians.
The individual was later identified as Dylan Gingues and was located behind a residence on Hapgood Street. Gingues immediately began screaming and threatening Sgt. Mayer with a metal broom handle while ignoring all verbal commands. Gingues backed away and broke the bottoms of two glass beer bottles and reapproached Sgt. Mayer with broken glass bottles in each of his hands. Gingues was acting in a violent, tumultuous and threatening manner.
Gingues received a deployment from a (Conducted Energy Weapon) - Taser and immediately went to the ground where compliance was gained. The arriving Walpole NH Officer’s moved in and handcuffed Gingues while he was incapacitated by the C.E.W.
Sgt, Tuttle, Walpole, N.H. Police Department and Vermont State Police assisted in this incident.
Gingues was issued a citation to appear in Windham Superior Court – Criminal Division on 09-09-2024 at 12:30 p.m. to answer to the charge(s) of, Assault on LE, Disorderly Conduct, Unlawful Mischief and Unlawful Trespass. Gingues was held on a $5,000.00 Cash or Surety Bond and transported to the Southern State Correctional Facility.
Police have no control over bail or incarceration. Those matters are handled by the Judicial System, including the Judges, Court Clerks and the State Attorney’s Office.
